I have been focusing on the Wagonaire. I want to finish it soon. I've had it "under construction" for almost 2 years now. Longer than any other project I've owned. I did take a year off for a consulting assignment, but it is still too long.
The exterior is done except for the painting of the gas cap and the grilled air intake under the windshield. Somehow, those two items were missed when the rest of the car was done. I have the stance now where I want it. Not so much nose high like a stock Lark...
The wiring is all done. I used a '64 front harness. The only change needed was to move the ignition switch wires to the other side of the steering column. I also had to custom make the front harness/relay/circuit breaker for the electric rear window. Dwain G. walked me through how to do this. Everything works properly.
Everything is done under the hood other than filling the PS system. Heater is all hooked up and working. I'm now running a Quadrajet. I like them! Great throttle response. I converted a swap meet one to electric choke.
The interior is done except for the headliner and the seats. Alan Barth has the seats and they should be done shortly. He made the windlace for me and it is installed along with the rest of the trim.
Gary Ash sent me a diagram of the front section of the headliner which is the only complicated piece out of the 7 that make up the headliner. Malcolm Barry talked me through how he did his headliner in his 63 and sent me a ton of pictures. I'm going to try to tackle it this week.
I've removed the sliding roof panel and installed the new seals. I reinstalled it and adjusted it until I'm blue in the face, but I'm not extremely happy with it. It seals fine except for the cross section (side to side). That won't leak unless water was squirted under pressure directly at the seal which is under the fixed roof overhang, but it just isn't how it should be (IMHO). Perhaps I'm fussier than the Stude engineers were?
Anyway, I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
EDIT: Oh yea. All new door and window seals, window runs, and cat whiskers. Regulators lubed and adjusted. After taking the the 3rd door completely apart and reassembling it, I got pretty good at it.
The exterior is done except for the painting of the gas cap and the grilled air intake under the windshield. Somehow, those two items were missed when the rest of the car was done. I have the stance now where I want it. Not so much nose high like a stock Lark...
The wiring is all done. I used a '64 front harness. The only change needed was to move the ignition switch wires to the other side of the steering column. I also had to custom make the front harness/relay/circuit breaker for the electric rear window. Dwain G. walked me through how to do this. Everything works properly.
Everything is done under the hood other than filling the PS system. Heater is all hooked up and working. I'm now running a Quadrajet. I like them! Great throttle response. I converted a swap meet one to electric choke.
The interior is done except for the headliner and the seats. Alan Barth has the seats and they should be done shortly. He made the windlace for me and it is installed along with the rest of the trim.
Gary Ash sent me a diagram of the front section of the headliner which is the only complicated piece out of the 7 that make up the headliner. Malcolm Barry talked me through how he did his headliner in his 63 and sent me a ton of pictures. I'm going to try to tackle it this week.
I've removed the sliding roof panel and installed the new seals. I reinstalled it and adjusted it until I'm blue in the face, but I'm not extremely happy with it. It seals fine except for the cross section (side to side). That won't leak unless water was squirted under pressure directly at the seal which is under the fixed roof overhang, but it just isn't how it should be (IMHO). Perhaps I'm fussier than the Stude engineers were?
Anyway, I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
EDIT: Oh yea. All new door and window seals, window runs, and cat whiskers. Regulators lubed and adjusted. After taking the the 3rd door completely apart and reassembling it, I got pretty good at it.
BP
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